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The study that is to be investigated is derived from the cognitive area of psychology. A major area of this approach that relates to this study is memory, which more specifically looks at "investigating the serial position effect in memory."

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Have a little read: ... Introduction The study that is to be investigated is derived from the cognitive area of psychology. A major area of this approach that relates to this study is memory, which more specifically looks at "investigating the serial position effect in memory." In the past, a number of relevant studies to the 'serial position effect in memory' have been conducted. Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968, 1971) introduced what was arguably the most influential model of memory, the two-process model. (A diagram illustrating Atkinson and Shiffrin's multi store model) They suggested that incoming information is instantaneously transferred to sensory memory, which can uphold information for up to one second (Sperling, 1960) before being lost. If this information is attended to it is coded in short-term memory (STM). Similarly, information rehearsed adequately in STM is coded in long-term memory (LTM). This theory is widely accepted and

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